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DOMEI IN ENGLISH FOR EUROPEAN ZONE 14.40 24.6.43.

HONGKONG'S 800 INDUSTRIAL PLANTS.

HONG KONG: THE JPXXX JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT-GENERAL DISCLOSED THAT MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED INDUSTRIAL PLANTS ARE OPERATING AT PRESENT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FORMER CROWN COLONY. HE SAID THAT THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCE INCLUDES TEXTILES, TINNED FOOD, TTILET ARTICLES, RUBBER GOODS, ELECTRIC APPLIANCES AND A FEW OTHER DAILY NECESSITIES. HE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT GENERAL WAS PLANNING AN INCREASED EXPORT THESE MANUFACTURED COMMODITIES TO OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE IN EXCHANGE FOR NEEDED RAW MATERIALS. CBBC MONITORING)

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